https://freerepublic.com/tag/taoudenibasin/ en-us Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:19:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3877543/posts The leaders of the coup that ousted Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita spent most of the year training in Russia before returning to boot out the democratically-elected leader at gunpoint, according to sources in the Malian military. The rebels took control of Mali's largest military base in Kati, just outside the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday before storming Keita's official residence, seizing the president and forcing him to resign as leader of the West African nation. Numerous media outlets, including the BBC, immediately reported that the coup was led by Malick Diaw and Sadio Camara, two army colonels who hold top... GNN Liberia https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3877543/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:19:34 GMT